12 Amendments of Jens NILSSON related to 2013/0241(NLE)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) BIC is a non-profit organisation that was created to represent the industry group that supports the Joint Technology Initiative on Bio-based Industries. Its members cover the entire bio-based value chain and consist of large industries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), regional clusters, European trade associations, and European Technology Platforms. The aim of BIC is to ensure and promote the technological and economic development of the bio-based industries in Europe. Any interested stakeholders along the bio-based value chain may apply for membership. It applies general principles of openness and transparency regarding membership and decision-making, ensuring a wide industrial involvement.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Some of the Union's largest biomass resources are found in its most sparsely populated regions. It is therefore imperative that the work of the joint undertaking and the opportunities offered also reach out to these more remote regions.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Joint Technology Initiative on Bio-based Industries should mitigate the different types of market failures that discourage private investment into pre- competitive research, demonstration and deployment activities for bio-based industries in Europe. In particular, it should ascertain the availability of reliable and sustainable biomass supply taking into account other competing social and environmental demands, and support the development of large and small scale advanced processing technologies, large scale demonstration activities and policy instruments, thus reducing the risk for private research and innovation investment in the development of sustainable and competitive bio-based products and biofuels.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Joint Technology Initiative on Bio-based Industries should be a public- private partnership aiming at increasing and spreading investment in the development of a sustainable bio-based industry sector in Europe. It should provide environmental and socio-economic benefits for European citizens, increase the competitiveness of Europe and contribute to establishing Europe as a key player in research, demonstration and deployment of advanced bio-based products and biofuels.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The objective of the Joint Technology Initiative on Bio-based Industries is to implement a programme of research and innovation activities in Europe that will assess the availability of renewable biological resources that can be used for the production of bio-based materials and on that basis support the establishment of sustainable bio-based value chains. These activities should be carried out through open and transparent collaboration between stakeholders along the entire bio- based value chains, including primary production and processing industries, consumer brands, SMEs, research and technology centres and universities.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To achieve maximum impact, the Bio- Based Industries Joint Undertaking should develop close synergies with other Union programmes in areas such as education, environment, competitiveness and SMEs, and with the Cohesion Policy funds and Rural Development Policy, which can specifically help to strengthen national and regional research and innovation capabilities in the context of smart specialisation strategies. It is of vital importance that information on the joint undertaking’s activities and possibilities to support the establishment of sustainable bio-based value chains is given to relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to achieve its objectives, the BBI Joint Undertaking should provide financial support mainly in the form of grants to participants following open and transparent competitive calls for proposals.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) To ensure that smaller players and financiers also benefit in a similar way, all contributions and the selection of projects shall be fully transparent and open.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) to contribute to the objectives of the Biobased Industries Joint Technology Initiative for a more resource efficient and sustainable low-carbon economy and increasing economic growth and employment, in particular in rural areas and areas with large biomass resources and potential for developing bio-based products, by developing sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe based on advanced biorefineries that source their biomass sustainably; and in particular to:
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint c
(c) to demonstrate technologieand promote large and small scale technology solutions that enable new chemical building blocks, new materials, and new consumer products from sustainable European biomass and which replace the need for fossil based inputs;.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint d
(d) to develop business models that integrate economic actors along the whole value chain from supply of biomass to biorefinery plants to consumers of bio- based materials, chemicals and fuels, including through creating new cross- sector interconnections, contributing to new interregional and transnational cooperation and supporting cross-industry clusters; and
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint e
(e) to set up flagship biorefinery plants that deploy the technologies and business models for bio-based materials, chemicals and fuels which are sustainable and demonstrate cost and performance improvements to levels that are competitive with fossil based alternatives.